Mr. Speaker, that answer did not give comfort to a single charity in this country.
There are about 83,000 registered charities in Canada, and they employ 10% of our country's workforce. Those are a lot of jobs and vital contributions that this country cannot afford to lose. We are talking about over one million hard-working Canadians who contribute to our country every day. They deserve better than to have their government undermine their important contributions and threaten their jobs.
Would the government at least be honest with them about what it has in mind? They and the people they serve deserve nothing less.